§8 Mr Ff. sts descriptions of new species of 
closely punctured; the face with a thin griseous pubes- 
cence; the clypeus coarsely punctured; the flagellum of 
the antenne fulvous beneath. Thorax: the post-scutellum 
and sides of the metathorax with white pubescence; the 
general pubescence on the legs griseous, a dense floccus 
on the posterior femora beneath; the apical joints of the 
tarsi ferruginous, their pubescence beneath fulvous; wings 
fusco-hyaline, a darker cloud along their anterior margin, 
and occupying the apex of the anterior wing beyond the 
third submarginal cell. Abdomen: a thin griseous pubes- 
cence at the extreme base, and on the sides and beneath. 
Hab.—Sumatra. 
From Sir Stamford Raffles’ Collection. 
*11. Nomia quadridentata. (PI. II. fig. 6, ¢.) 
Female. Length 5 lines. Black: the pubescence pale 
fulvous, the abdomen with four blue-green or greenish- 
yellow fasciz. Head and thorax finely shagreened ; the 
clypeus rugose and with a longitudinal carina; the pos- 
terior margin of the mesothorax and the post-scutellum 
with dense, short, pale pubescence; on the sides of the 
metathorax it is long and dense; the posterior femora 
thickly fringed beneath, and the entire pubescence of the 
legs pale fulvous, very bright and glittering; the wings . 
subhyaline, the nervures fusco-ferruginous, the stigma and 
costal nervure darkest ; the apical margins of the wings 
faintly clouded; the tegule pale testaceous. _ Abdomen 
very finely and closely punctured, the base with a thin 
fulvous pubescence. 
Male.—The same length as the female ; the pubescence 
on the face cinereous; the scutellum, mesothorax and base 
of the abdomen more strongly punctured than in the 
female; the scutelkum with a minute spine at its posterior 
lateral angles, the post-scutellum having two longer ones ; 
the posterior femora greatly swollen and with a cinereous 
fringe beneath; the tibiz more or less obscurely ferru- 
ginous, curved, and terminating in a pale-ferruginous pro- 
cess beneath, which is rounded at its apex. Abdomen 
with four fasciz varying in colour, as in the female. 
Hab.—Celebes; Java; Morty Island. 
*12. Nomia floralis. 
Female.—Length 33 lines. Black: the base of the 
abdomen ferruginous. Head: the front and cheeks with 
